Betaine is an amino acid and is manufactured as anhydrous betaine and
betaine hydrochloride that comprises of treating chloroacetic acid with
sodium carbonate, and then pouring liquid trimethylamine at a certain
temperature to obtain betaine crystal compound. This obtained compound
is later on centrifugalized and dried to obtain the betaine compound.
The raw materials are extracted from sugar beet molasses. The typical
use of betaine is in the food, beverages, and feed and personal care
industry segments. They find extensive use in cosmetics industry too.
They have amazing water holding capacity, have good nutritional value
and even can serve as methyl donor for the animal feed industry. They
find extensive use as detergents and diet supplements too.

The largest production of betaine is in the North American region, due
to a strong need from the personal care, animal feed and functional
drink market. The North American region is followed by an increasing
demand from the Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. There is a sharp
increase in the demand from the Asia-Pacific regions recently owing to
the increase in the consumption of the products from the various
developing nations. China is the largest market in Asia-Pacific region
followed by India and Japan. United States and Canada are the largest
consumers in North American regions.

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